Helen and Ken chose our platinum wedding coverage, for all day coverage of their beautiful celebrations. We started first thing with the morning preparations, at the Grooms residence we found ample opportunities to capture the Groom Ken and his grooms men getting ready and having a laugh and a joke on the way with the bright orange beard, we achieved quite a few candid shots as well as more posed traditional ones with the backdrop of countless rolling fields as well as a country walk to give the perfect natural setting.
After visiting the Groom we headed over to the Bride’s parents house and took so many beautiful shots of our glorious Bride Helen in her stunning classic wedding dress. We took plenty of traditional shots with our Bride and her parents and bridal party, including her bridesmaids and her beautiful little flower girl all dressed in white.
The Church in Southwell is such a welcoming ceremony venue, everyone came together to wish the couple the best and as our Bride walked down the aisle with her proud father, her Groom Ken met her eyes and they stood together in the eyes of God, their family and friends and joined as one, as Husband and Wife, forever more.
Such a lovely ceremony, with so much love and emotion involved, it was a pleasure to capture on camera, providing our newlyweds with plenty of beautiful memories for years to come.
After cakes and congratulations at the Church we descended outside to take their all important family photographs and with the backdrop of the Church in the background it made the perfect setting on such a bright and wonderful sunny day.
The next venue, the reception venue, Kelham Hall is a splendid Victorian house set within acres of beautiful well kept gardens and parkland. It is such a breathtaking venue and gave us a magically enchanting backdrop for so many wondrous photographs.
We would like to thank both the Bride and Groom and their families and friends for such a wonderful day, we have taken and processed hundreds of photographs and there are so many to choose from and to bring back those ever so special memories for many years to come.
On such a beautiful day, the morning dew settled on such a delightful Church venue, at Clifton Church our Bride Michaela arrived in style a fantastic pink limousine and as she walked down the aisle she met her Groom and the love of her life James as they joined together as Husband and Wife with their children as one big happy family.
The ceremony was lovely and everyone came together to celebrate with and congratulate the couple on the dance floor.
Thank you to both Michaela and James and their friends and family for such a lovely day. Here are a few of their photographs:
Written and photographed by Jinx Photography (Wedding and Commercial Photographers).
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A beautiful vintage style wedding, with every aspect perfectly designed and perfectly put together, a delightful day with so much love and happiness.
The Groom Steve arrived in style, in a replica A-Team van, the perfect mode of transport for any fan of the hit TV series!
The Bride Chloe wore a stunning corset fitted dress which sparkled in the lights as she glided down the aisle to meet her Groom, her love of her life Steve. Together they spoke those special words; they came together as one and joined as Husband and Wife forever more.
The ceremony was beautiful, sincere and emotional. Family and friends came together to wish them the best and congratulate the newlyweds, celebrating in style.
We left the ceremony room and went out to the wonderful river area, such a picturesque setting with the stunning willow tree that provided the perfect backdrop for Chloe and Steve’s romantic wedding. We took many beautiful images, it was difficult to choose just a few to show, so we have selected a few reportage style ones and a few more traditional couple photographs.
With the entertainment from their magician it provided the perfect magical ending to a remarkable wedding day. Our thanks go out to both Chloe and Steve for such a beautiful day; we had a wonderful time and truly felt welcomed.
Written and photographed by Jinx Photography (Wedding and Commercial Photographers in Nottinghamshire).
A beautiful frosty, snow filled morning approached as Laura and Daniels wedding day set stage as the dawn broke over the misty fields around the stunning venue; Kilworth Hall.
A beautiful venue hidden within the woodlands with a delightful log cabin and glorious grounds; the perfect backdrop for such a delightful wedding day.
Throughout the day I captured many beautiful images, both traditional wedding photography and those more natural reportage candid shots, giving the couple so many lovely images and a collection of loving memories for them to look back on for many more years to come.
A few of our photograph’s:
Our thanks go to our lovely wedding couple Laura and Daniel and to their family, friends and the staff at Kilworth Hall.
We had met Kirsty and Matthew at their venue location on a few occasions; we decided to visit the local Bramcote Hills Park for the stunning background setting of their spiral maze and wooded area, perfect for romantic couple photography, creating the stunning wall prints we like to capture.
Through days and weeks of preparation, visiting the venue and the park at the exact time we would be photographing there; to see where the glorious sun would set and the shadows it would cast we gained the knowledge of the layout of both areas and put together a plan for the day.
Their wedding day approached, for an October’s morning, the weather was gratefully warm, the sun shone as if it was the heat of the Summer time and glistened across the treetops, the brightness of the background was stunning with its deep blue skies. The perfect backdrop for any wedding day and today was the day of Kirsty and Matthews Wedding day.
Kirsty and Matthew chose our Platinum wedding package, the best of the best and decided to start their coverage to include Kirstys morning preparations, upon arrival we took a few photographs of the signs and decorations around the house and captured her family, friends and bridesmaids getting ready and having a few glasses of bubbly ready to start the day. We took a few traditional shots in their front garden and then moved on to the stunning bright pink limousine, with the bright pink and deep blue sky behind, it certainly made an easy picture to take!
In advance of the Bride we headed off to the ceremony location, the Belfry Hotel. We arrived at the Belfry Hotel with ample time to set up and capture in a reportage photography style a selection of photographs of the guests, the groom anxiously waiting and steadying his nerves with his friends and family in the bar area, as well as the ceremony room… those finishing touches such as the seat covers, ribbons and floral arrangements. These little touches look beautiful and provide perfect backgrounds for any wedding album so photographs can be merged together to form an everlasting memory of their unique and beautiful day.
The guests took their seats, the Groom stood at the altar before the registrar and framed beautifully with the oval bay window, a lovely photograph to take. The music started and his Bride Kirsty arrived, her stunning wedding dress cradled her figure beautifully, she photographed so well and when her eyes met her Groom Matthews she tearfully took her father’s arm and they glided down the aisle together; towards Matthew and her future life as Husband and Wife.
Throughout their beautiful ceremony we took reportage photographs, and as usual without flash so we were as hidden as possible, not disturbing their special day. And with a kiss their vows were sealed, they joined together as Husband and Wife, in love, heart to heart and side by side, they walked back up the aisle and greeted their friends and family for the celebrations ready to begin.
We headed outside and took the traditional photographs they had requested, using a stepladder to get that height advantage so we could easily capture and see everyone’s faces in the large group shot of all family and friends. Then we whisked the couple away to their local park for an hour, capturing some amazing shots, beautifully framed with the sun setting in the background, casual looking and un-posed it gave them time together away from the hustle and bustle of the day.
We stayed through the speeches and captured a collection of amusing shots, witnessed a number of hilarious moments and of course recorded everything on still digital slr camera’s, bringing to life the story of their whole day from start to finish.
We ended our day with their first dance, a romantic setting with friends and family surrounding the dance floor, entwined together as one they gliding around the floor in love, together and in happiness.
So for such a wonderful day, we would like to thank Kirsty and Matthew and of course each and every guest, it was a great day and they are such a brilliant couple! You made our job easy on the day and included us in your celebrations; we wish you both well for your future move down south!
Attenborough Church is a lovely little Church right in the heart of Attenborough, surrounded by the history and architecture of the village. We have photographed at the Church before and know the layout quite well, it is local to us and proved an easy location to work at enabling us to produce over two hundred creative and artistic photograph’s, the couple were spoilt for choice.
Emma and Craig were our wedding couple of the day, a lovely relaxed couple with a really great bunch of family and friends.
When I arrived Craig was pacing the grounds talking with his Grooms men and greeting the guests that were starting to arrive. After a quick hello I headed inside and set up ready, out of the way with one camera sat on a tripod there to capture the entrance with the Brides arrival, and the other Canon camera strapped round and portable.
I whisked through the Church capturing the little details before the guests entered, such as the order of service, the floral arrangements, ring cushion and wedding rings to name but a few. Then; on to the guests… their family and friends as they arrived chatting with one another, laughing, joking and generally enjoying the day. The perfect time for reportage photography for those natural expressions, real laughter and real enjoyment… all captured on digital slr camera for many years to come, these are the photograph’s that record the memories, the memories of such a beautiful day.
I walked down the winding path to the entrance with the Vicar, capturing Emma’s stunning arrival as her beautiful ivory wedding gown glistened in the warm sensual sunlight on such a beautiful summers day.
With Craig stood at the altar, nervously awaiting her arrival, Emma took her father’s arm and through the grand entrance she gliding around the top corner meeting eyes with her future husband and life partner.
There they stood in front of God, their family and their friends, they took their vows on that day, as beautiful as they were and with one final kiss they sealed their commitment to one another in love, law and life, together as one until death do they part.
After their lovely ceremony we headed to the second garden at the side of the Church and I stood on the wall to capture the grand shot of everyone together, all that went to their ceremony and all that witnessed their commitment.
With a few more all important traditional group photographs taken we were ready to wave off the Bride and Groom, taking a few classic car shots and off we headed to Beeston Fields Golf club.
Upon their arrival we took a few photographs outside the stunning venue, in their soft top classical car. Then we entered in and I went ahead and captured the little things such as the table decorations, Bride and Groom place settings, guest books, card box, the flowers, balloons, and every little thing that they had spent the time in creating was all captured on camera ready for their future album.
A mock cake cutting took place, giving us a number of lovely shots with their three tier cake in their gold and ivory décor. They greeted their guests and in the meantime I wandered the grounds taking reportage photographs to show a natural aspect of the day, recording the real goings on.
Finally we ended with a selection of couple photographs beside the golf course, framing the image with a lovely triangle of tree’s, the perfect wall shot and the perfect end to a perfect day.
Our thanks go to our lovely wedding couple Emma and Craig and to their friends, family and the staff at both venues. On the day they made our job both enjoyable and easy!
One warm summer’s afternoon our wedding couple Joseph and Anthony were to take their vows. After all the preparations and setting up; I arrived at Cleve Lodge with plenty of time to spare, before their ceremony began, having photographed before at this beautiful venue I was well established with the layout, lighting and background opportunities. As always the staff were welcoming and a pleasure to work with; making my job even more enjoyable.
After setting up in the ceremony room, I took the second camera with me to capture the goings on and hustle and bustle of the guests as they came together to welcome and witness Joseph and Anthony joining together as a civil partnership, in law, in love and in life.
Both men were dressed handsomely; suited and booted. They walked down the aisle, the aisle that represented their single lives coming to an end and the embrace of their new lives as civil partners in law and in love. Together hand in hand they joined their hearts, their friends cheered, families’ praised their union and everyone shared in their beautiful day.
Joseph and Anthony took their vows, their vows of love and commitment, to honour and cherish one another and give promise to each other in their beautiful civil partnership.
After all the applause, the laughter and the congratulations we settled outside to take their traditional photographs that they had requested, those of their family and their friends, all together in groups and as one. We produced a number of beautiful photograph’s that truly captured the essence of love in the day, so to Joseph and Anthony and to all of their friends and family we say thank you for giving us the honor of photographing your special day.
On a warm, yet blustery morning we had arranged to photograph our Bride Stacy for her ‘Trash the Dress’ photo shoot.
Trash the Dress is an American sensation that hit the UK with a storm, Brides throughout the Midlands and Nationwide have been looking in to ways to ‘trash their dress’. A few brides literally trash their dresses, paint them and even burn them. However… normally and on this occasion the gorgeous gown had a chance to live once again, be a star for one more day and all with just a little dry-clean afterwards!
Stacy took the limelight gracefully on her Wedding day, August 6th. She wore her dress beautifully and shone for all to see. Yet as the night fell, her gorgeous gown was taken away and packaged for no one to see its beauty, such a shame… So ‘Trash the Dress’ was born, bring out your beautiful dress, let it see the light of day again, feel like an empowered Bride, your married, a Wife and it was an amazing day… now is the time to celebrate!
So many ideas and so many opportunities, we decided on something unique, a little ‘out there’ and extremely creative… A JCB style Trash the Dress shoot!
The day came, equipment packed, cameras at the ready and that Monday afternoon we met Stacy as she once again took centre stage; and this time it was right on top of a JCB! Like a Queen of industry she posed strikingly empowering the shot, creating such wonderful angles, fantastic perspective and with the stunning lighting we were able to not only capture beautiful images but create a whole new reality within it. Then by adding a little photographic magic, a few artistic effects and focusing solely on our newlywed Stacy we were able to create quite a few powerful images…. Take a look below….
This is the story of Stacy & Dan Capewells wedding day, 6th August 2011.
The night before the wedding fell upon us, ready and waiting we inspected all our equipment, went though the idea’s and venue photographs we had taken, kept in touch with a very excited and slightly nervous Stacy. As the night drew in, the day came to a close and the World went to bed, tucked up safely under their cover’s until the Sun dawned on a very special day.
The day I speak of isn’t a normal day, for Stacy and Dan it was ‘their’ day. The sun rose, shimmering across the sky creating a beautifully lit, brightly sparkling wedding day, with a few added glorious clouds to give a dramatic sky backdrop, just what every photographer and wedding couple hope for on the day their vows are spoken.
All packed and ready to go I set off for Castle Donington Church ready to meet Dan the Groom and guests as they arrived. Stacy and Dan had booked myself as their photographer and also invited both Mark and I and our little boy Jak to their evening reception. Upon arrival another wedding party were leaving all happy, smiling from ear to ear and flying confetti everywhere, such a beautiful sight, so emotional and happy for so many people.
I went inside and spoke to a few members of the choir, lovely ladies! Now having grown up in Castle Donington I know the Church quite well, and had attended there on a few occasions as a child. So for me now photographing at Castle Donington Church was like stepping back down memory lane, and I must say the Church is still as impressive as I remember it, the tall arches, the beautifully bright stained glass windows and the glimmering light that floods in creating such beauty in the form of shadows caressing the floor.
Having set up the 50mm on the tripod at the front and using the 18-55 and 70-200 as the walkabout lenses I was set and ready to go. I greeted the groom Dan and his best man, grooms men and ushers and started to photograph the guests as they arrived.
The time came when Stacy and her bridesmaids arrived, stepping out of two stunning sports cars; a Ferrari and an Aston Martin! It was such an amazing surprise that their witnesses Scott and Natalie McKenna sprung on them the night before.
Stacy’s dress lit up and glistened in the lustrous light of summer sun, there she stood a radiant beauty ready to take the path up to the divine Church towards her Groom, who stood at the altar, waiting to be joined by his glorious Bride. I captured a few reportage shots as Stacy began her walk up the path to Castle Donington Church, the reverend greeted her half way and took her forth up the path ready to await the signal to step forth in to her childhood Church.
Silence fell upon the Church, family and friends rose up high, turning eagerly to face the arched door, awaiting their first look of their enchanting Bride.
Silently they smiled as the chosen song; Truly Madly Deeply by Cascada began to play and in glided the Bride, Stacy. Taking a deep breath she smiled and arm in arm with her proud father, they walked beautifully down the aisle together, taking everyone’s breath away. As she turned the corner to see her Groom Dan, their eyes met, hearts touched and there he stood smiling back at her, side by side they stood turning to lock an everlasting gaze.
Capturing the moment I photographed silently throughout their ceremony; reportage style and without intrusion I took their forming memories and created a collection of photograph’s, taken to give them a visual memory of their everlasting day, their everlasting love as Husband and Wife.
The ceremony was beautiful, emotional and sincere, there was so much love in the Church as their family and friends promised to keep the couple safe and be there to guide them along their path. Stacy and Dan remained locked in the moment as they listened to the readings which were so heartfelt, and to the choir as they sang harmoniously together. Gazing in to one another’s eyes; with much happiness, they shed a few tears of the love they felt for one another. Hand in hand they both in turn spoke their vows of marriage in the eyes of God and the Church, and with such powerful everlasting words they reached out to each other, heart to heart, love to love and on that very day they bound their love with their chosen rings, forever and eternally more pronounced as Husband and Wife.
Afterwards Stacy, Dan and their beautiful little girl Sophie went for a wander to an area just behind Castle Donington Church; the area had been pre-chosen when we visited the Church a few weeks before the wedding. It was the perfect little spot for a few couple and close family photographs. I lay down a picnic blanket and they sat together as Husband and Wife, took a moment for themselves, relaxed and played with their little girl. As they spent time together I captured quite a few beautiful photographs and for ten minutes they could step away from the busyness and breathe. I had purposely chosen this area as the Church in Donington sits elegantly in the background and I could frame the photograph with the overhanging branches from two tree’s that stood side by side.
After their little time out, I went back to their guests leaving them to walk together and have a little alone time on the way back. Working with two of the Grooms men we gathered family and friends together to form the traditional photograph’s they had requested, these photographs were easily taken with such a charming backdrop, the Church entrance in Castle Donington.
With one venue photographed, a couple of newlyweds and the day speeding by we set off for their next venue, the reception at Hilton House.
Upon arrival, I ventured in to the reception area whilst everyone else relaxed outside, I spent ten minutes photographing the little things that don’t always get noticed but are the sweetest little touches that take so long to plan but make the wedding so very special. I photographed their wedding favours and table decors and then moved on to their guest book and stunning three tier wedding cake, the design matched their wedding and colour theme perfectly, the cake topper was a beautifully rare Tatty Teddy cake topper of a Bride and Groom.
I then met up with Stacy and Dan and took a few photographs beside their lovely cake. We then ventured outside past the crowd of guests and towards an old, elegant tree, which provided the perfect frame for a few relaxed portrait photographs.
Then we came to the end of our photography. It had been such an enchanting day, an emotional loving day, and their happily ever after.
It may be the end of our photography, but it was the start of our night, we put down the cameras and became guests at their reception, my little boy Jak and Husband Mark joined me and we danced the night away; well my little boy certainly did!
With the end of our blog post for Stacy and Dan’s wedding day I would like to say thank you to both Stacy and Dan, you are such a charming and beautiful couple. It has been a pleasure getting to know you through the course of your wedding planning and of course you and your family and friends were a pleasure to photograph on your special day. Also thank you for the invite, we had a great time and the cake was delicious!
Written by Leanne Findley. Jinx Photography. www.JinxPhotography.co.uk
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